Bag or like container



May 29, 1934.- I. CORBE BAG on LIKE CONTAINER Filed June '50} 1933Patented May 29, 1934v UNITED STATES BAG on CONTAINER Israel Cor'be,Cleveland, Ohio Application June 30, 1933, Serial No. 678,334

In Great Britain November 10, 1932 3 Claims. (01. 229%53) My inventionrelates to improvements in containers and has, as a chief object toprovide a simple inexpensive device by which transparent film (or betterknown under the trade name 5 Cel1ophane) or similar material can beeasily converted into a container that can be easily and repeatedlyopened and closed so that it may be conveniently used for a large numberof products such as powders, salts, crystals, teas, herbs, grains,fruits, vegetables, candies, nuts, macaroni also jellies,'pastes,creams, or thick liquids such as castor oil, glycerine and similarproducts, in this way the transparent film can be substituted forglass,stone, metal, wood, cardboard, certain fabrics and heavy wax paper, inorder to obtain the following advantages.

First, sanitation; as transparent film does not rust and does notaccumulate germs proportional to wood, metal, paper or carboar'cl. Froma sanitary view point, it is even an advantage on glass,

as the chips of a broken or cracked trans parentfilm container isharmless to the contents.

Second, visibility. r

y Third, economy; transparent film being less 5 expensive and muchlighter in weight is a great saving in the cost of production andtransportation.

Another object is to construct a container of the classdescribedprovided with means for opening and closing the two opposite ends of thecontainer repeatedly, without adding additional parts or labor. This isfor the purpose of obtaining more convenience and service.

A container is filled with mixed candies, say, lemon drops and chocolatecaramels. If the consumer desires a caramel and it happens to lay at thebottom of the container, according to my device, all that is necessaryis to open the bottom end and reach for the caramel. Another object ofthe two openings is that the same container can be used equally forproducts requiring to be used in large or small quantities as thecontainer may be conic shaped. So for small quantities the narrow endcan be opened and for large quantities the wide end can be used.

Another object for the ,two openings is that'one container can be usedfor two relative products of different flavors, blends, colors, orkinds, such as; tobacco, jello powders, raisins and almonds, pecans andwalnuts, yellow and green peas, etc. All that is necessary to preventmixing is a division which can be done by placing a piece of softmaterial, with a small hole inserted in the center to allow the stem topassthrough, at the of similarlength of the tube.

Still another object of my invention is that if the container shouldhappen to tear, crack, or break unless the damage extends the fullvertical length of the tube, the container can still be continuouslyopened and closed for use.

Other objects attainedby my invention will be pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawing attached hereto and forming a part thereof;

Figure 1 shows my container cylinder shaped open at the upper end.

Figure- 2 shows my container conic shaped open at the lower end.

Figure 3 shows the conic shaped tube closed at the narrow end and partlyclosed at the wide end.

Figure 4 shows the conic tube closed at the wide endand opened at thenarrow end.

Figure 5 shows the parts my container is composed of.

.Figure 6 shows the parts of Figure 5 in assembled position.

No. 1 is a tube of transparent film open at both ends. v

No. 2 is a-stem of fine soft flexible metal and To assemble thecontainer, the stem 2 isplaced vertical at the center of the tube 1 asshown in Figure 5, this stem is tobe placed loose entirely unsecured tothe sides of the tube for the purpose I will describe below..

Before filling my container it is necessary to have one opening sealedfirst, which is done simply by bending one open end of the tube togetherwith the end of the stem, after which it stays closed by the stiffnessof the stem as shown in- Figure 1 at 1, 2, and 3 and in Figure 2 at 5,7, and 16. The container is' then ready for filling, after which theother opening is to be sealedin the same manner as the first opening. I

A container with a wide opening can be sealed as shown in Figure 3. Thecorners 13 and 14 near the opening are bent towardseach other close tothe center stem 12 forming the shape of a capital A. The point of thetube is then bent together with the loose stem as many times as it uctswhich are usually bailed or bundled before packing, I prefer the stemshould be a little longer than the tube in order that the projecting endof the stem may be bentover one of the sides of the tube so the saidcontents may be conveniently placed in the container.

If the loose stem should happen to break at the folding point as aresult of frequent opening and closing, the stem being the full lengthof the tube, the container can still be continuously and successivelyclosed and opened'until the contents are used out.

In conclusion I find it important to analyze and 'point out thepracticability and the important advantages obtained by the loose stem.

First. It reduces the structure to the minimum.

Second. Ahard substance when secured to a fine material like transparentfilm, it is outbalanced by the harder substance and causes shrinkage ofthe film resulting with cracks and breaks and reduces resistance againstpressure but according to my device it evidently shows that even thoughboth openings of the tube are secured by one and the same stem the sidesof the tube still remain free from the stem, thus not only avoid ing allthese stated harmful results but also balancing and supporting thecontainer as a whole.

I do not, however, wish to be understood as limiting myself to the loosestem as the stem may also be attached to one or both ends of the tubeand being considerably less harmful if the attached part does not extendover the amount of space required for sealing.

Neither do I limit myself to the two openings as the loose stem is alsoan important advantage to a bag of transparent film having only oneopening in which case one end of the stem is to be attached at thecenter of the lower sealed end of the bag.

Obviously various modifications may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention.

I am aware that a metal lining also metal stems strongly secured topaper tubes covering the full vertical length or part of the verticallength of the tube have been previously introduced as means for securingthe opening of receptacles, but since my device is chiefly intended fortransparent film which is a very fine and delicate material, a metallining is useless as the metal obstructs the vision of the contents anda metal stem strongly secured to film is harmful for the reason statedabove and does not provide a balancing support as I have previouslyanalyzed. A stem covering only part of the length of the tube cannotsecure two openings and provides no support at all. Furthermore, if theshort stem happens to break, the opening of the container has no longermeans of securance.

What I claim is:

1. A container for the purpose specified composed of a tube asdescribed, one single stem of soft flexible material, said stem being ofsimilar length with the said'tube and placed loose vertically at thecenter of:.the said tube in a position suitable for securing bothopenings, substatially as shown and described.

2. In a container for the purpose specified composed of a tube ofsuitable material, a stem of soft flexible material of similar length ofthe said tube, the said stem being placed loose vertically at the centerof the tube and attached in a manner as to stay free from the side partsof the tube in order to allow the contents to fill in around the stemand so prevent the film from injury that may be caused by the pressureof the edges of the stem, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a container for the purpose specified, a

tube of suitable material having one opening, a

pose of providing a balancing support "and securing the opening of thesaid tube, substantially as described. v

- ISRAEL CORBE.

